The 3 Best rtorrent Web GUI’s
1. ruTorrent
Pros
- looks and feels like the utorrent webgui
- allows you not to create a folder when adding a new torrent. Convenient when downloading collections
- allows you not to immediately start the torrent when adding
- alot of plugins available
- very smooth scrolling even with thousands of torrents, and a slow browsing computer
- various settings to configure the rutorrent user interface
- only webgui that implements the rtorrent labeling
- very good javascripting
- fetching torrent files from the web (direct url)
- kind of cool, download / upload speed graph
Cons
- buttons are not working
- still in heavy development
Comments
Personally this is by far the best webgui. I almost have 1000 torrents active running in rtorrent at any given time. This is the only client that doesn’t take a long time to load hundreds of torrents, and the only one that uses the labeling system. I usually label my torrents by tracker, and rutorrent allows me to do that.
2. rtgui
Pros
- very lightweight
- convenient way of setting the upload and download speeds
- easy check boxes for bulk actions
Cons
- you cannot pick you download location of the torrents
- you cannot upload torrents via url
- in general very little options
Comments
I use rtgui sometimes when i want to check the status of incomplete torrents. I bookmark the “incomplete” tab in my browser, so i can avoid having rtgui load up all the torrents. However even with hundreds of torrents on the page, the JavaScript is nice and smooth.
3. wTorrent
Pros
- visually appealing
- allows you to pick the download destination, and if to immediately start the torrent
- multiuser webgui, with passwords, and forced specific user download directories
Cons
- horrible with hundreds / thousands of torrents
- you need thirdparty database management
- you need to log in, depends what you need. If your the only one using the rtorrent, then this isn’t the gui for you
Comments
Of the years I used rtorrent, I use this gui the least. I hate it, I think it’s absolutely bloat ware. However when I ask the forums what their favorite webgui for rtorrent is, wTorrent gets a lot of votes. So I thought I might as well mention it. Who knows you may like it.
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